Can I render to ceniform off the timeline?

wm_b wrote on 3/30/2009, 1:57 PM
I have a bunch of video that was shot on a mount the holds the camera upside down. I need to rotate the video to edit it but the fps hit on rotating 180° is massive (from full framrate down to 10fps. I would like to just rotate all the clips and re-render them to edit with a higher framerate. I have Neoscene. The clips are AVCHD.

What are my options that wont take super long or cut the quality?

Thanks.

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wm_b wrote on 3/30/2009, 2:51 PM
I think I figured it out. Found cineform codec under AVI for windows. Moving on.
Serena wrote on 3/30/2009, 3:54 PM
The best time to do the 180 rotate is during conversion to the Cineform codec using HDLink (the Cineform interface).
wm_b wrote on 3/30/2009, 6:41 PM
I can't find the HD Link option anywhere. When I open NeoScene (not from within vegas) I only have a preferences option. Where do I find HD link?

THanks, William
Serena wrote on 3/30/2009, 9:52 PM
First, I use NEO HD. However I expect NEO Scene employs the same interface and somebody will correct me if that isn't so. Go to Programs/Cineform and you will find HDLink there.
wm_b wrote on 3/31/2009, 12:00 PM
Nope, Just NeoScene, the manual, uninstall, etc but no HD Link.
wm_b wrote on 4/1/2009, 12:06 AM
When I run task manager it lists NeoScene as HDlink but my interface has no options for rotating the image.
Serena wrote on 4/1/2009, 2:52 PM
Perhaps download a trial of NEO HD. However I would have expected the several users of NEO Scene to hop in here.

EDIT: referring to an older thread http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=645360&Replies=10NEO HD[/link] I see that NEO Scene does not offer image flip.
Laurence wrote on 4/2/2009, 7:15 AM
The Neo Scene capture and conversion utility is kind of basic. No problem though. You can do the more complicated conversions with any of several batch render programs such as Ultimate S, Excalibur, Gearshift or the free Proxy Stream.

Also be aware that you can do multiple renders with Cineform and not see any degradation whatsoever. There is no reason to do it all in one pass aside from saving time.

Once you have your clips in Cineform format, you can also set up batch file manipulations in VirtualDub which can be handy. Again, rerenders with Cineform simply don't matter. Even ten or more rerenders in, I simply can't see any degradation at all.